(a) The Director has determined that there generally are sufficient United States workers who are able, willing, qualified and available for the occupations listed below on Schedule B and that the wages and working conditions of United States workers similarly employed will generally be adversely affected by the employment in the United States of aliens in Schedule B occupations. An employer seeking a labor certification for an occupation listed on Schedule B may petition for a waiver pursuant to § 656.23.

(b) Descriptions of Schedule B occupations—(1) Assemblers perform one or more repetitive tasks to assemble components and subassemblies using hand or power tools to mass produce a variety of components, products or equipment. They perform such activities as riveting, drilling, filing, bolting, soldering, spot welding, cementing, gluing, cutting and fitting. They may use clamps or other work aids to hold parts during assembly, inspect or test components, or tend previously set-up or automatic machines.

(2) Attendants, Parking Lot park automobiles for customers in parking lots or garages and may collect fees based on time span of parking.

(3) Attendants (Service Workers such as Personal Service Attendants, Amusement and Recreation Service Attendants) perform a variety of routine tasks attending to the personal needs of customers at such places as amusement parks, bath houses, clothing check-rooms, and dressing rooms, including such tasks as taking and issuing tickets, checking and issuing clothing and supplies, cleaning premises and equipment, answering inquiries, checking lists, and maintaining simple records.

(4) Automobile Service Station Attendants service automotive vehicles with fuel, lubricants, and automotive accessories at drive-in service facilities; may also compute charges and collect fees from customers.

(5) Bartenders prepare, mix, and dispense alcoholic beverages for consumption by bar customers, and compute and collect charges for drinks.

(6) Bookkeepers II keep records of one facet of an establishment's financial transactions by maintaining one set of books; specialize in such areas as accounts-payable, accounts-receivable, or interest accrued rather than a complete set of records.

(7) Caretakers perform a combination of duties to keep a private home clean and in good condition such as cleaning and dusting furniture and furnishings, hallways and lavatories; beating, vacuuming, and scrubbing rugs; washing windows, waxing and polishing floors; removing and hanging draperies; cleaning and oiling furnances and other equipment; repairing mechanical and electrical appliances; and painting.

(9) Charworkers and Cleaners keep the premises of commercial establishments, office buildings, or apartment hosues in clean and orderly condition by performing, according to a set routine, such tasks as mopping and sweeping floors, dusting and polishing furniture and fixtures, and vac-uuming rugs.

(10) Chauffeurs and Taxicab Drivers drive automobiles to convey passengers according to the passengers’ instructions.

(15) Clerk Typists perform general clerical work which, for the majority of duties, requires the use of typewriters: perform such activities as typing reports, bills, application forms, shipping tickets, and other matters from clerical records, filing records and reports, posting information to records, sorting and distributing mail, answering phones and similar duties.

(16) Cooks—Short Order prepare and cook to order all kinds of short-preparation-time foods; may perform such activities as carving meats, filling orders from a steamtable, preparing sandwiches, salads and beverages, and serving meals over a counter.

(17) Counter and Fountain Workers serve food to patrons at lunchroom counters, cafeterias, soda fountains, or similar public eating places; take orders from customers and frequently prepare simple items, such as desert dishes; itemize and total checks; receive payment and make change; clean work areas and equipment.

(18) Dining Room Attendants facilitate food service in eating places by performing such tasks as removing dirty dishes, replenishing linen and silver supplies, serving water and butter to patrons, and cleaning and polishing equipment.

(20) Elevator Operators operate elevators to transport passengers and freight between building floors.

(21) Floorworkers perform a variety of routine tasks in support of other workers in and around such work sites as factory floors and service areas, frequently at the beck and call of others; perform such tasks as cleaning floors, materials and equipment, distributing materials and tools to workers, running errands, delivering messages, emptying containers, and removing materials from work areas to storage or shipping areas.

(23) Guards guard and patrol premises of industrial or business establishments or similar types of property to prevent theft and other crimes and prevent possible injury to others.

(24) Helpers (any industry) perform a variety of duties to assist other workers who are usually of a higher level of competency of expertness by furnishing such workers with materials, tools, and supplies, cleaning work areas, machines and equipment, feeding or offbearing machines, and/or holding materials or tools.

(26) Household Domestic Service Workers perform a variety of tasks in private households, such as cleaning, dusting, washing, ironing, making beds, maintaining clothes, marketing, cooking, serving food, and caring for children or disabled persons. This definition, however, applies only to workers who have had less than one year of documented full-time paid experience in the tasks to be performed, working on a live-in or live-out basis in private households or in public or private institutions or establishments where the worker has performed tasks equivalent to tasks normally associated with the maintenance of a private household. This definition does not include household workers who primarily provide health or instructional services.

(28) Janitors keep hotels, office buildings, apartment houses, or similar buildings in clean and orderly condition, and tend furnaces and boilers to provide heat and hot water; perform such tasks as sweeping and mopping floors, emptying trash containers, and doing minor painting and plumbing repairs; often maintain their residence at their places of work.

(29) Keypunch Operators, using machines similar in action to typewriters, punch holes in cards in such a position that each hole can be identified as representing a specific item of information. These punched cards may be used with electronic computers or tabulating machines.

(30) Kitchen Workers perform routine tasks in the kitchens of restaurants. Their primary responsibility is to maintain work areas and equipment in a clean and orderly fashion by performing such tasks as mopping floors, removing trash, washing pots and pans, transferring supplies and equipment, and washing and peeling vegetables.

(31) Laborers, Common perform routine tasks, upon instructions and according to set routine, in an industrial, construction or manufacturing environment such as loading and moving equipment and supplies, cleaning work areas, and distributing tools.

(32) Laborers, Farm plant, cultivate, and harvest farm products, following the instructions of supervisors, often working as members of a team. Their typical tasks are watering and feeding livestock, picking fruit and vegetables, and cleaning storage areas and equipment.

(33) Laborers, Mine perform routine tasks in underground or surface mines, pits, or quarries, or at tipples, mills, or preparation plants such as cleaning work areas, shoveling coal onto conveyors, pushing mine cars from working faces to haulage roads, and loading or sorting material onto wheelbarrows.

(34) Loopers and Toppers (i) tend machines that shear nap, loose threads, and knots from cloth surfaces to give uniform finish and texture, (ii) operate looping machines to close openings in the toes of seamless hose or join knitted garment parts, (iii) loop stitches or ribbed garment parts on the points of transfer bars to facilitate the transfer of garment parts to the needles of knitting machines.

(35) Material Handlers load, unload, and convey materials within or near plants, yards, or worksites under specific instructions.

(37) Packers, Markers, Bottlers, and Related pack products into containers, such as cartons or crates, mark identifying information on articles, insure that filled bottles are properly sealed and marked, often working in teams on or at end of assembly lines.

(38) Porters (i) carry baggage by hand or handtruck for airline, railroad or bus passengers, and perform related personal services in and around public transportation environments.

(ii) Keep building premises, working areas in production departments of industrial organizations, or similar sites in clean and orderly condition.

(39) Receptionists receive clients or customers coming into establishments, ascertain their wants, and direct them accordingly; perform such activities as arranging appointments, directing callers to their destinations, recording names, times, nature of business and persons seen and answering phones.

(42) Sewing Machine Operators and Hand-Stitchers (i) operate single- or multiple-needle sewing machines to join parts in the manufacture of such products as awnings, carpets, and gloves; specialize in one type of sewing machine limited to joining operations.

(ii) Join and reinforce parts of articles such as garments and curtains, sew button-holes and attach fasteners to such articles, or sew decorative trimmings on such articles, using needles and threads.

(44) Streetcar and Bus Conductors collect fares or tickets from passengers, issue transfers, open and close doors, announce stops, answer questions, and signal operators to start or stop.

(45) Telephone Operators operate telephone switchboards to relay incoming and internal calls to phones in an establishment, and make connections with external lines for outgoing calls; often take messages, supply information and keep records of calls and charges; often are involved primarily in establishing, or aiding telephone users in establishing, local or long distance telephone connections.

(46) Truck Drivers and Tractor Drivers (i) drive trucks to transport materials, merchandise, equipment or people to and from specified destinations, such as plants, railroad stations, and offices.

(ii) Drive tractors to move materials, draw implements, pull out objects imbedded in the ground, or pull cables of winches to raise, lower, or load heavy materials or equipment.

(47) Typists, Lesser Skilled type straight-copy material, such as letters, reports, stencils, and addresses, from drafts or corrected copies. They are not required to prepare materials involving the understanding of complicated technical terminology, the arrangement and setting of complex tabular detail or similar items. Their typing speed in English does not exceed 52 words per minute on a manual typewriter and/or 60 words per minute on an electric typewriter and their error rate is 12 or more errors per 5 minute typing period on representative business correspondence.

(48) “Ushers (Recreation and Amusement)” assist patrons at entertainment events to find seats, search for lost articles, and locate facilities.

(49) Yard Workers maintain the grounds of private residences in good order by performing such tasks as mowing and watering lawns, planting flowers and shrubs, and repairing and painting fences. They work on the instructions of private employers.

(c) Requests for waivers from Schedule B. Any employer who desires a labor certification involving a Schedule B occupation may request such a waiver by submitting a written request along with the Application for Alien Employment Certification form at the appropriate local employment service office pursuant to § 656.23.

(d) The Administrator may revise Schedule B from time to time on the Administrator's own initiative, upon the request of a Regional Administrator, Employment and Training Administration, or upon the written request of any other person which sets forth reasonable grounds therefor. Such requests should be mailed to the Administrator, United States Employment Service, room 8000, Patrick Henry Building, 601 D Street, NW., Washington, DC 20213.